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Fragility and Fluidity of Identity: The Social Construction of Self and Racial Bigotry in Mohsin Hamid’s “The Last White Man” (2022)

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Monday, December 8, 2025 - 1:09pm
Zainab Sajjad
deadline for submissions: 
Monday, December 8, 2025

Generally, the notion of identity is misinterpreted to be something concrete or even an inherited attribute and hence resistant to changes. However, as we delve deeper into the idea of self and the factors that constitute it, a fact becomes evident: that an individual’s identity is in fact not very rigid but rather fluid and dynamic in nature. A number of societal factors influence the construction of the character that an individual identifies themselves with. Through a close textual analysis of The Last White Man (2022) by Mohsin Hamid, this paper aims to explore the concept of identity in contrast to its conventional definition of something unalterable, and rather look at it as an idea that is constantly in motion.

Material Plots: Commodity, Capitalism, and National Imaginaries in Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century Latin American Culture

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Friday, February 20, 2026 - 4:37pm
Dr. Francesco Di Bernardo (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla) & Dr. Leandro Simari (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

This call invites the submission of proposals for a dossier that will be submitted for consideration to A Contracorriente: A Journal of Latin American Studies. The dossier will focus on the following theme:

Material Plots: Commodity, Capitalism, and National Imaginaries in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Latin American Culture

Women and the Body: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Interdisciplinary Studies on Philology – Volume (forthcoming) The edited volume Women and the Body will appear as part of the peer-reviewed book series Interdisciplinary Studies on Philology, published by

updated: 
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 1:09pm
Marmara University
deadline for submissions: 
Friday, January 30, 2026

Women and the Body: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesInterdisciplinary Studies on Philology – Volume (forthcoming)

The edited volume Women and the Body will appear as part of the peer-reviewed book series Interdisciplinary Studies on Philology, published by Maurer Press (Germany). The series explores cutting-edge research across literary studies, cultural studies, linguistics, philosophy, and related fields, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary and theoretically innovative approaches.